Upcycled Bookbinding 101
File Folders + Postcards = LOVE
Student Resources

Beautiful Postcard Collections

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Bill Cunningham: Details From the Street
Cavallinni Vintage Postcard Set: Botany
100 Postcards From the Archives of The New York Botanical Garden
Accidentally Wes Anderson Postcard Book
It’s Cool: Photographs by Jimmy Marble 100 postcards
The Impossible Project Spectrum Collection: 100 Instant-Film Postcards
100 Postcards from Austen to Zola
Vintage Japanese Postcards Showa Era
Vintage Collection Postcard Set
Japanese Artist Korin Furuya Postcard Collection
Vintage Advertising Posters Postcard Collection
Retro Travel Postcard Collection
Japanese Woodblock Postcard Set

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My Source For Postage Stamps

Elliston Farm Etsy Shop

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Sources For Waxed Linen Thread

Etsy 1

Etsy 2

Royalwood Ltd.
 

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Books on Upcycled Bookbinding

 

Rebound

Creating handmade books from recycled and repurposed materials

By Jeannine Stein

 

At Home with Handmade Books

28 extraordinary bookbinding projects made from ordinary and repurposed materials

by Erin Zamrzla

 

Bound

Over 20 artful Handmade Books

By Erika Ekrem

 

Altered Books Workshop

18 Creative techniques for self-expression

By Bev Brazelton

 

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Books on Traditional Bookbinding 

 

How to Make Books

Fold, cut and stitch your way to a one-of-a-kind book

By Esther K. Smith

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More Making Books by Hand

Exploring miniature books, alternative structures and found objects

By Peter and Donna Thomas

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Making Handmade Books

100+ bindings, structures and forms

By Alisa Golden

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Cover to Cover

Creative techniques for making beautiful books, journals and albums

By Shereen LaPlantz

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Non-Adhesive Bindings

Books without paste or glue

By Keith A. Smith

 

 

Sources for Fine Bookbinding Supplies 

 

Talas

Conservation, Archival and Bookbinding Supplies

 

Hollanders

Decorative Papers and Bookbinding Supplies

 

Royalwood, Ltd

Waxed Linen Thread 

 

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